You're looking at Less Wrong's discussion board. This includes all posts, including those that haven't been promoted to the front page yet. For more information, see About Less Wrong.

bokov comments on US default as a risk to mitigate - Less Wrong Discussion

2 Post author: bokov 15 October 2013 04:41PM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (120)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: bokov 15 October 2013 05:49:43PM *  4 points [-]

But I predict that the U.S. will not default -- at least not this time.

I do too, for what it's worth. I also predict that I will not die or become uninsurable during the coming year, but I pay my ALCOR dues nonetheless.

I suspect that this is all political theater, but in any ritual combat there the inherent risk that someone will miscalculate and things get real faster than anybody is prepared for.

Comment author: MrMind 16 October 2013 08:31:16AM 2 points [-]

Upvoted for the poignancy of the analogy.